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Every once in a while, real life comes knocking, getting in the way of my Heidi and Pedroia obsessing. This is one of those times: …

I received this e-mail from Red after the horrific Dice-K/Wakefield duet on Saturday: Man, this might be their worst year since we started the blog. …

Look, we could go on and on about how our boys have lost their last four match-ups against the worst team in baseball. How the …

Is anyone happier to see the calendar flip to May than Josh Beckett? For the second season in a row, Beckett finished April with a …

You know that feeling we used to get when the Baltimore Orioles showed up at our door? The way we’d salivate, mentally count off the …

Well, Red went and upstaged me again. Sure, he tells me, we’re just migrating to a new blog format. Next thing you know he’s got …

Tonight, Clay Buchholz takes the hill against fellow dude Shaun Marcum. Seeing as how Sox pitching has given up a staggering 24 runs over the …

It occurred to me last night, after watching what seemed to be the seventy-fifth run of the game cross the plate, that this has the …

Do you think Lyle Overbay wants to take a roundhouse kick to the face while Pedroia’s wearing these bad boys? Forget about it. Anyway, yeah. …

With the return of Dice-K looming in the very near future, the decision has been made to send Tim Wakefield to the bullpen. The sixth …

This weekend, the Baltimore Orioles — the AL East’s version of the “before” guy in the old Charles Atlas ads — rolled into town. To …

A tenth-inning bullpen meltdown prevented the Sox from sweeping the Orioles out of Fenway. With the game tied 4-4 (and Tito napping in the dugout), …

Sometimes ordinary people are put in situations that result in extraordinary actions. That is the case for former Sox skipper and current part-time Rays broadcaster. …

What better way to get healthy than play a series against the Orioles? And there is no better proof of that than David Ortiz smacking …

Nothing raises the spirits more than watching your team beat up on the division’s appointed chew toy. So, welcome, Baltimore Orioles. We are happy to …

Or is it? While winning any series certainly beats the alternative, it really shouldn’t have been this tough. If not for some unlikely heroics by …

The reason for my miserable, Watney-free existence has finally been revealed. Turns out the future Mrs. Red has been out with a concussion. Watney said …

I think I’ve figured out one of the keys to the Red Sox’ success in 2010: I need to be watching the games. Seriously. I …

While Ortiz and Drew piled up more strikeouts, a couple of minor-league call-ups stepped in and saved the day. Josh Reddick got the start in …

This is it. This is the night David Ortiz jumps into a phone booth and Big Papi steps out. Before the season, I wrote this: …

If that headline doesn’t win me a Pulitzer, it will at least bring in job offers from the Herald and the NY Post, eh? The …

When it became evident that the Sox were not going to re-sign Jason Bay, questions about the offense were raised. Who would supply the production? …

Today we get two games for the price of one, as the Sox and Rays finish up last night’s 1-1 tie which got suspended in …

Josh Beckett’s night is probably over after pitching seven strong against the Rays. Four hits, one run and eight K’s…but he will get a no-decision. …

As if there isn’t enough pressure on Big Papi, now he’s got gangsta rapper thugs after him. Apparently Ortiz isn’t the most creative of club-namers, …

…and the sky will be blue / and I will be… true… …to you. The end. That’s it? Yeah, man, that’s it. What do you …

In last Sunday’s Boston Globe Magazine, Amalie Benjamin presented a great piece on Papelbon and his pre-game rituals. The story also touched on a few …

Unless you’re a Twins fan…the Minnesota Twins, that is, the first-ever game at Target Field won’t be remembered fondly. Jon Lester looked as shaky as …

I can only imagine the reaction back at Red Sox HQ in the bottom of the seventh of last night’s game, when a line drive …

These early-season baseball games always play hell with my emotions. If I bitch too much after a Week One loss to the Royals, speak aloud …

I don’t know about you, but I get a good feeling whenever Timmy takes the hill. He’s like a walking piece of Red Sox history …

We talk a lot about the chemistry between Don and Jerry, and there’s no denying that their combined powers could probably knock out communism, swine …

Great story in The New York Post: The Yankees closer ripped the umpire after West criticized the Yankees and Red Sox over the pace of …

John Lackey makes his Red Sox debut in tonight’s rubber match versus the Yanks. Nothing like easing slowly into a new role, no pressure here! …